Banner Rotation Script?

[John Jupp]

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Hi

Has anyone got a banner rotation script I can insert onto a webpage?

I'm looking at rotating about half a dozen banners not affiliate linked or affiliate banners from multiple networks rather than one network. All the banners will be in a separate folder for the script to draw from.

Cheers

John

[THiNK]

Not sure what server you have so here is a Javascript one that will do what you need.

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function random_imglink(){
  var myimages=new Array()
  //specify random images below. You can have as many as you wish
  myimages[1]="img1.gif"
  myimages[2]="img2.gif"
  myimages[3]="images/img3.gif"

  //specify corresponding links below
  var imagelinks=new Array()
  imagelinks[1]="http://www.google.com"
  imagelinks[2]="http://www.msn.com"
  imagelinks[3]="http://www.yahoo.com/somedir"

  var ry=Math.floor(Math.random()*myimages.length)

  if (ry==0)
     ry=1
     document.write('<a href='+'"'+imagelinks[ry]+'"'+'><img src="'+myimages[ry]+'" border=0></a>')
}

  random_imglink()
//-->
</script>

[John Jupp]

Many thanks. I use Linux. This'll do fine.

[Paul Wright]

If you're looking to monitor any kind of statitics, add banner weighting, set up banner zones, provide client log in then you might want to look at http://phpadsnew.com/two/ which is also free.

Cheers
Paul.

[IntervisionMedia]

If you want a very simple serverside solution (php) you could just do:

<?php
    // create array to store banners
    $banners = array();

    // add banners
    $banners[] = "code for banner 1";
    $banners[] = "code for another banner";
?>

Then when you want to place a banner:

    <?php print($banners[rand(0, count($banners)-1)]); ?>

That will randomise the banner on each page load. Works great if you just want a very simple, transparent solution.

Hope it helps,
Matthew

[John Jupp]

All of you are too kind. Many thanks for the assistance. I'll integrate this tomorrow.

[Nosmo_King]

If you're looking to monitor any kind of statitics, add banner weighting, set up banner zones, provide client log in then you might want to look at http://phpadsnew.com/two/ which is also free.

Cheers
Paul.

I have two big phpadsnew installs running and it's the dogs b*$llicks. However, I've started to play with ad blocking software and I'm having second thoughts. Curse you Norton Internet Security

[Ste]

Its the size of the banners that Norton is blocking, when adding a banner, use irregular banner sizes or just change the standard banner sizes by 1 pixel, so they are not one of the standard sizes.